The shawl shall be ordered on, since you will risk it. Yes, go to the races, and appear to be amused. Be more social.
A. BURR.
TO THEODOSIA.
Washington, December 9, 1803.
When any thing amuses me, my first thought is whether it would not also amuse you; and the pleasure is but half enjoyed until it is communicated. The enclosed has suggested this prologue.
Perhaps I did not tell you that Kate made breakfast for Bonaparte one morning at my house: a breakfast à la François, at twelve o'clock. Of four ladies, she was the only one who spoke French, and she really seemed inspired. No Parisian could have been more fluent, graceful, or sprightly.
I have nothing to add of A. B., nor of any of the rest of the alphabet; and my breakfast being on table, farewell.
A. BURR.
FROM THEODOSIA.
Clifton, December 1, 1803.